Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 August 1936 — Page 33
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NEWS OF THE AUTO WORLD!
SAFE DRIVING HELD MATTER | - OF COURTESY
Studebaker Presi President Cites | 2 Signals of Truckmen in ‘Passing on Roads.
Sale driving; according to Paul G. | Hoffman, president of the Stude- | baker Corp. each driver observing a few rules | of common courtesy while operat-~ | ing his motor car. “1f we were all as courteous to each other on the road as the truck | drivers are,” declared ‘Mr. Hoffman, | “there would be almost nbd accidents | on our highways, , i “The next time you drive at night,” the Studebaker chief exec-!} utive continued, “take particular notice of how safely the truck drivers take care of the problem of passing on the highway, a source of some®®f our most horrible accidents “When two trucks are moving in the same direction and one driver! wishes to pass the other, you will observe a striking lesson in safety The driver who wishes to pass will flash his headlights on and off two or three times. “Clear”
Gives Signal
“If the road ahead of truck |isi not clear, answering signal. But if the road Is’ clear to pass, however, the lead- | ing driver will flash his rear lights a few times, indicating ‘conte ahead’ ta the driver behind him. “As the rear truck, in passing, diaws alongside of the truck being | . bassed, and goes ahead a little way, the driver being passed, as soon as he sees that it is safe forthe passing truck again to pull into the! righthand lane, will indicate so by | flashing his readlights a few times. This is because the driver of the passing truck can not judge when |
the leading there will be no |
the rear of his vehicle will safely | * clear the truck he is passing, and | without the helpful signal from the | slower moving truck there would be danger of side-swiping. . “After the, swiftly moving truck | has passed the other, its driver will | flash his rear lights a few times, | which simply means “Thank you.”
Rounding | the Row
BY MYRON J. McGEEHAN
¢ N <= PRESIDENT C,'T.- FOXWORTHY, of Roy Wilmeth Co., Ford dealer, 720 N. Meridian- | st, has returned from a fishing trip through Canada accompanied by his two sons. Fox is displaying ~ a picture showing one day's catch that speaks of his skill as an langler.
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R. L. Edwards, president of West Side Chevrolet, Inc., Chevrelet dealer, 2419 W. Aashinzton. st, is on vacation. .
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Roy Wilmeth, president of Roy Wilmeth Co.; 720 N. Meéridian-st, 1s. vacationing in Banff, Canada, and will travel to California from ‘there. 5 . Br. N n Dealers in the city are inviting State Fair visitors to inspect their new and used cars. The visitors will find Stocks to be representative. 5 = x = RVILLE CUNNINGHAM, used car manager, Hick-man-Moyer Sales, Inc., 418 N. Capitol-av, Oldsmobile dealer, is on vacation. a £1 = =» = Ed Hayes, used car manager, . Weissman Motor Sales, 2122 E. Washingtion-st, Dodge dealer, | spent last week- fishing in northern Michigan. # # 5 : Peterman & Son have opened “8 used car lot at 635 E. New Yorkst, and is specializing in buying and selling used cars. = ”
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Rocky Rhoades is now assisting Orville Cunningham, sales _ manager, Hickman-Mover Sales. Oldsmobile dealer; 418 N. Capitolay. 3 » » OUIS FINK, vice president, | Fink Auto Co., 440 N, Cap- | itol-av, used car dealer, reports a good volume of sales so far this month. = =. =
Dealers welcomed the heavy rainfall, realizing it would aid business and improve dispositions | that were upset by the August a
heat, MILEAGE IS CHARTED
iin For the first time, a dependable estimate of the total mileage of |
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- has been made. Streets in towns and cities with more than 2500 population have a total of 190,090 miles, it is shown by a study which the National Highway Users’ Conference has just completed. If a motorist were to travel over - every mile of those streets, he would ‘drive approximately 30,000 miles farther than if he traveled over
highways in the United States.
HEAVY WATER CONSUMER
: According to the ‘ engineers, the : Rouge plant of the Ford Motor Co. . uses more water than the cities of - Detroit, Cincinnati and Washington combined—more than 538,000,-
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TRUCK’ TRAVELED ONLY. 38 MILES IN 12 MONTHS SERVICE
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"Eastern Air Lines lays claim to a new world’s | | record. But instead of pinning the ribbon on one of its giant airliners, the claim now is made that the Chevrolet truck, used by EAL for refueling planes at Jacksonville, Fla. has achieved the world short-haul record, with a total of 38 miles registered on the speedometer after 12 months of daily service. Each day it makes eight round trips. Then it refuels a. plane and There it rests un-
nonstop, for 35 feet. makes a forward run of 35 feet. til it is time to do it all over again.
V-8 COMPLETES [ECONOMY TEST -
Ford Averages oes 2] D Miles a Gallon in ‘Scottie
Car’ Campaign.
Operating out of Greentown, Ind, under normal Indiana driving cona standard Ford V-8 pas-
mile test run during which it averaged 21.552 miles a gallon of gasoline for the entire distance. Accord{ing to R. A. Hayes, Indianapolis | Ford branch manager, the run was sponsored by the Greentown Auto | Co. and the results were certified by | three impartial observers. The test | was part of the national Ford “ScotI'tie Car” economy campaign.
The run covered exactly 2088.3
{ miles and was made in two and one-
half days of almost continuous drivling. Eight drivers worked in relays and the engine of the car was stopped for only 35 seconds duringthe eptire two and one-half day | period. According to the affidavit signed by the official observers, the car used { 96.895 gallons of gasoline. Oil cononly thirty-eight hundredths of a quart per 1000 { miles. No water was added to the | radiator. The car was operated on | Super 70 HyRed gasoline and Quak- | er State motor oil.
In piling up the 2000 miles, ac-
| cording to the official observers, the {car traveled over 891 miles of concrete, 1122 miles of black top, 58.8 | miles of brick paving, and 16.5 miles | of gravel. |33 turn-arounds during
It made 51 full stops and the run Traffic conditions were considered average on 22 of the 33 trips, heavy | on three and light on eight. The average speed of the car was 38.15
{ miles per hour,
The car covered a* route from | Greentown through Hemlock and | East Kokomo and return, on state
| routes 22, 9, 26. and 31, making 33 { trips over the route in the two and | one-half days.
The official observers who signed the affidavit were C. D. Callis, Leo Seagrave and Ralph Kingseed.
ELECTRIC SYSTEM
OF CARS IMPROVED |
Advancements Devised for More Accessories.
How the electrical system of the modern motor car has been improved within recent years, to keep up. with the constantly increasing demands placed on it by electrical accessories, from radios to fog-lights, was described. by an automotive engineer at a gathering of service experts in Detroit. “Both generators and batteries ew years,” he said. “Genave been increased in outand means of regulating the output to suit the demand have been
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| devised; at the same time, batteries | | have be¢n given greater capacity.
“Two "important improvements in
| generators are forced air cooling and {load control. {ator falls off as i rises; effect of increasing its output. Then, {In some cars, the automatic con-
The output of a generits temperature therefore, air cooling has the
trol is arranged to step up the genj erator output whenever the lights lare on or the radio is going, and {the driver may increase the chargling rate even when the lights are { off by means of an instrument panel { control, Battéries have kept pace with the | generators, too. 'With little or no increase in size, they contain more | plates, and hence possess a greater | reserve capacity, particularly advantageous for cold starting.”
FORD'S MILLIONTH UNIT IS PRODUCED
According to to R. A. He A. Hayes, Itdianapolis Ford branch manager, the 1,000,000th 1936 Ford V-8 car was
{ the, hydraulic-brake
| more than 7,250,000 square feet, iis the largest single motor car fac-
produced early.this week.
At the conclusion of the day's |
work last Wednesday total produc- | tion of the 1936 Ford V-8 series had | reachéd 1,000,131 units. Ford production is now running at the rate of 4500 cars daily, manufacture having been resumed last Monday after
a week's vacation shutdown at the |
Rouge Plant.
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“Champ. ” truck, has three drivers, but no state license, since it operates entirely on company property. It Jorms an important part in the efficient operation of the Great Silver Fleet and has made consistent contribution in enabling Eastern air lines to keep a minimum schedule of eight and one-half hours between New York and Miami. ; , It is estimated that it will have to be in service 5812 years before it can equal the record of 225,800
as the airport crew calls the
i miles held by several Chevrolet trucks.
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The Dodge ¢ one and one-half-ton truck (pictured above), purchased from the. Lewis Motors, Inc, by Karl Gassert, owner and manager of the Blue Point Service Station, 958 S. Delaware-st, is the latest edi-
tion to Blue Point's complete service. The. truck has an 800-gallon tank,
is streamlined in design,
painted orange and blue with raised offset blue lettering on the sides. Mr: Gassert, who in 1919 opened Blue Point with one gasoline pump in a 20x20 space, now operates a complete super-service station occupying 300 feet on Madison and Delaware-sts, selling wholesale and retail a complete line of automotive supplies, sporting goods, bicycles,
paint, pardwate; radios and washers.
ALUMINUM USED INBRAKE PISTON
Light but Strong Metal Is Employed in Chrysler Mechanism.
C. H. Wallerich, 905 N. Meridianst; local distributor for Chrysler motor cars, announced forged aluminum is being used by the Chrysler Corp. for the pistons in system. These pistons, which are of forged Bohnalite alloy, have the advantage of all of the strength possible through the use of forging, plus the advantage of lightness due to the use of the aluminum alloy. It is important, Chrysler engineers point out, that the brake | mechanism respond instantly to the | pressure. on the pedal. Consequently, reciprocating parts used in the hydraulic-brake system must be as light as possible and yet have extreme reliability and strength. The Bohnalite forging has been found to answer these two requirements perfectly.
TIRE HANDBOOK FOR TRACTORS PRINTED
Goodrich Co. Provides Data
“for Use of Farmers.
E: B. Oscars, manager of Goodrich ‘Silvertown, Inc, at Delaware and North-sts, today announced a new 30-page farm tractor tire handbook that has just been published by the Goodrich Co. It is now available upon request to the manufacturer through the company's dealers. The. booklet has as its object the distribution of information concerning the advantages of rubber tires on farm power units in agriculture and transportation. It tells type of equipment ‘rubber tires have handled more efficiently than by any other method. It also discusses specifications on all sizes, loads and gives an inflation table, tractor tire { and wheel specifications and indusI trial tractor specifications.
. FORD PLANT LARGEST The Rouge plant of the Ford Motor Co. according to R. W. Ayer & Son, covers 1096 acres and its buildings have a floor area of It
tiory in the world.
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AMERICAN CAR PRICE AMAZING TO BRITISH
According to the Plymouth Motor Co., eighty members of the Junior Car Club of Great Britain brought their own English-made automobiles aboard the Queen Mary for the first of three motorcade tours this summer in the United States and Canada. Thirty-four cars of 22 different makes, including two miniature Rileys and two Rolls Royces were shipped. As the cars were sy\ing off the ship, the Englishmen took American driving tests and secured New York license plates for use in this country. : Many of the amazement at American-made saw at the pier. They admitted that a car comparable to the Plymouth.sedan, for example, would cost 350 pounds or more—ahout $1800, ier
HAYES BUILDING AUTO TRAILERS
Grand Rapids Firm One of Largest Makers of Auto Bodies.
' visitors expressed the price of the automobiles they
Announcement was made today that a line of “Motor Home” tourist trailers is being produced by the Hayes Body Corp. Grand Rapids, one of the largest independent builders of automobile bodies. Various estimates of trailer popularity run from 100,000 to 400,000 in use at the present. The new
Hayes line is expected to reveal some startling improvements in design and construction, the old-style waod frame giving way to safety steel construction, with interiors planned for greater comfort, efficiency, and finished with chromium fixtures and fine cabinet work. The line is priced to sell at less than $400.
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PROGRESS FAST, RA AIDS REPORT
Reforestation Under Way as State Unit Notes 100th Anniversary.
7 With Brown County celebrating its one hundredth anniversary as
1a political subdivision of Indiana,
Rural Resettlement Administration officials here today reported rapid progress of the RA’s Southern Indiana Bean Blossom Agricultural Demdnsiration Project near Nashville Through this program 20, 000 acres of Brown County submarginal hill land is being transformed into a combined forestry, recreation and wild life area. Reports received at the RA regional office here from Ralph C. Wright, project superintendent, show that nearly 500 men, including 225 housed in a transient labor camp, are now at work on the various operations incident to the conversion of the area.
WPA on the Job
Most of the workers have been recruited from WPA rolls and from families still residing in the area. The greatest activity at present, Mr, Wright reported, centers primarily around the recreational ‘development program. Large crews are at work removing brush, stumps and trees from a 200-acre area in which an artificial lake is to be created. The lake is to be developed as a conservation measure for fish and game as well as for recreation.
Two Camping Areas
Elsewhere in the area crews are busy developing public camps and picnic grounds. One of these camps is to comprise 10 acres and another is to include more than 30. Both are to be equipped with ovens, tables apd benches. Considerable work also is being done, the report stated, to promote wild life conservation. To attract and provide for an increasing game population, small areas totaling 500 acres are being set aside for food and cover.
the planting of more than 1,000,000 trees, mostly evergreens; reducing fire hazards on 5000 acres of woodland and improvement work to increase the annual growth of existing trees on an additional 5000 acres.
FORD HAS 3030 PARTS According toitHe engineering de-
‘partment of the Ford Motor Co., in
a single Ford V-8 there are more than 3030 parts built to an accuracy within five one-thousandths of an inch.
Reforestation operations include’
PRAIRIE DOGS
ARE ANIMALS OF THE OPEN PRAIRIE, BUT THERE IS A PRAIRIE DOG TOWN INSIDE THE C/7TY LIMITS OF DENVER, COLORADO.
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One mammoth tooth, taken from a carcass frozen in the tundras of Siberia, measures eight inches long along the upper grinding surface, is two and a half inches broad, and has a length of almost 12 inches. Specimens of ancient mammoths have been found with the food of their last meal still between their teeth.
CANDY, TOBACCO MEN T0 HEAR VANNUYS
Senator Among Speakers for Convention. -
Speakers for AY Indiana Candy
and Tgpacco Distributors’ Association annual tonvention, Saturday, Sept. 12, were announced today by E. E. Wood Nichols, association secretary. The meeting is to be held in the Columbia Club. Speakers are to include Senator Frederick VanNuys, Joseph Kolodny, National Association of Tobacco Distributors, executive secretary; Thomas J. Payne, National Confectioners Association president; A. M. Kelly, confectioners associa-
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tion executive vice president, and Marston Abercrombie, general sales manager, Henry Heide, Inc., New
OFFICIALS ATTEN FUNERAL OF Body Leaves Capital Today for Burial in Utah.
By United Press WASHINGTON, Aug’ 20 —Gove=
| ernment officials joined Army and
Navy officers today in funeral serve ices . for of War George H. Dern, t member of President Roosevelt's Cabinet to die in active service. a Furieral services will be with full military honors at Mount Pleasant Congregational Church, The body will be placed aboard a train, with an escort of high officials, for burial ‘Tuesday in Salt Lake City, Utah, While the Rev. Russell J. Clinchy speaks the funeral sermon at 4 p. mi, guns at Fort Myer, across the Po=‘tomac, will boom out a final 19-gun salute. A salute has been fired each hour since Mr. Dern’s death.
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Buying a veal quantity at wholesale prices is a siren song sung y many unscrupulous vendors to the unwary customer. of “Buying at Wholesale” seems to cast a magic spell over many people. Many investigations have shown that so-called “Wholesale”
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prices are in reality as much or more on the average than regular retail prices on the. same item,
Some stores and individuals make a practice of taking customers wholesale houses and implying that they are selling at “wholesale
prices” a retail quantity.
It is a simple matter for. the so-call
“wholesaler” and the party bringing in the customer to arrange a price on non-standard merchandise that will permit both of them
make a profit on the transaction.
The trick quite often used is
actually sell a well known standardized article at less that its regular retail price, thus giving the impression that all the merchandise 8
The appearance of this Service Message in these Columns is evidence that thts publication sub - scribes to the principles of the Better Business Bureau, and co-operates with the Bureau in protecting you—even to the extent of refusing to accept the advertising of firms whose advertising and sales policies are proved by the Bureau to be contrary to the 2 puhiie
ing on a retail customer.
offered at wholesale, only to make up the difference in the prices charged « on the unknown or non-standardized merchandise.
You should consider that there is & certain overhead expense in waitThis is even more true in an actual wholesale establishment because of the difference in quantity purchased. It is illogical to expect that a business can make a profit by selling to the actual consumer at the same price that would be quoted to a retail establishment buying at wholesale.
The next time you are invited to “buy at wholesale’ or given a special card entitling you to make purchases “at wholesale” we suggest that you investigate before you stually buy the goods.
Take the name of the manufacturer, the lot number or description
of the article you wish to purchase, and then go to a regular retail
store and learn whether or not you are actually being offered a
wholesale price. We predict that in most instances you will be very much surprised when you learn the truth.
When a wholesaler or a manufacturer continues a policy of selling at retail then the prices they charge become retail
prices.
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